21EC745 Multimedia Communication
Course Learning Objectives
● Understand the importance of multimedia in today’s online and offline information sources and repositories.
● Understand the how Text, Audio, Image and Video information can be represented digitally in a computer so that it can be processed, transmitted and stored efficiently.
● Understand the Multimedia Transport in Wireless Networks
● Understand the Real-time multimedia network applications.
● Understand the Different network layer based application.
SYLLABUS COPY
MODULE - 1
Multimedia Communications
Introduction, Multimedia information representation, Multimedia networks, multimedia applications, Application and networking terminology.
MODULE - 2
Information Representation
Introduction, Digitization principles, Text, Images, Audio and Video.
MODULE - 3
Text and Image Compression
Introduction, Compression principles, text compression, image Compression
MODULE - 4
Audio and video compression
Introduction, Audio compression, video compression, video compression principles, video compression.
MODULE - 5
Multimedia Information Networks
Introduction, LANs, Ethernet, Token ring, Bridges, FDDI High- speed LANs, LAN protocol
Course outcome
1. Understand basics of different multimedia networks and applications.
2. Understand different compression techniques to compress audio and video.
3. Describe multimedia Communication across Networks.
4. Analyse different media types to represent them in digital form.
5. Compress different types of text and images using different compression techniques.
Suggested Learning Resources
Text Books
Multimedia Communications- Fred Halsall, Pearson Education, 2001, ISBN -978813170994
Reference Books
1. Multimedia: Computing, Communications and Applications- Raif Steinmetz, Klara Nahrstedt, Pearson Education, 2002, ISBN-978817758
2. Fundamentals of Multimedia – Ze-Nian Li, Mark S Drew, and Jiangchuan Liu.